The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-30

become SO popular and the nnmbS>
m~atriculating from Mississippi 50 groot
that the last Legislature confne53 l 20
benefits of the college exclusively VIC
boys from that State, a very LARGO n.y. ~
centage Of whom are farmers Sons
The course in farm work Consist.
Farm Economy.
Principles of Stock Feeding,
Value Of different Foods and NJ.
nures.
Preparation and Application of Ma
nures and Fertilizers.
Composing.
Green Manuring.
Adaptation of Soils to Crops,
Special Crops.
Rotation of Crops.
Cultivation.
Planning and erecting farm build.
ings.
characteristics, breeding and careof
Domestic Animals.
Butter Making.
Drainage, ditching, use and care of
farm implements, &C., &c.
This college has no mechanical do.
partment, although one is greatly de.
sired by the president, Gen. Lee
Apart, however, from the great ad.
vantages it would be to a farmer to
have a course in mechanics, in Other
respects Mississippi does not need such
a department as much as Michigan or
nearly so much as North Carolina
Mississippi has no minerals, ores, &c.
and is not much of a manufacturino
State.
The president and several members
of the faculty assure me that the col.
lege is becoming so we'll recognized as
one Of the necessary levers for State
development that the labor of answer.
ing communications and questions Of
farmers and stockmen is almost as
great as that of teaching.
Farmers Institutes are held in this
State as in Michigan, and seem to be
accomplishing real good in every
quarter. AS some of the results the
college lands have been greatly in
creased in value as shown by ap.
praisers recently appointed from dis
interested quarters. Adjacent lands
have also improved in following the
methods of the college and during last
summer as many as twenty silos have
been put up mot DOWN almost in
sight of the college.
Before concluding the work of this
college [ must mention the stock de-
partment which like that of Michigan
has grown into a profitable investment.
Here beef cattle and dairy cattle are
made equally prominent. The herd
consists of over 200 cattle.
A creamery is an important feature
of this work. They not only use the
milk from their own COWS, but from
farmsi in a radius from one to three miles
around, who bring their milk daily.
The cream is quickly separated by
skinned milk returned to the farmer
patent centrifugal separator and the
with pay for the cream, which is made
into butter and sold in New Orleans
at 35 cents per pound.
To sum up l would say that the
boys take to this form of education
Taking the two classes together the
Agricultural colleges and the Manual
Training schools l believe it would be
impossible to see a brighter, happier,
more interested and earnest crowd OF
youths than can be seen in these re-
spective institutions.
A majority of boys from the Me-
chanical colleges return to the farm
for an occupation. This has been
proved by FOLLOWING them up i'll Mlchl-
gan and in Mississippi.
In the Mechanical schools a like re-
suit is obtained perhaps to a lesser dc,
gree as the students take this course
in many instances to round up their
education.
Labor is dignifed. The remark
was made by the intelligent young
principal of the Scott school IN loleoo.
| think that no matter how rich a boy
may be who goes through a manual
course, no matter what profession n1
chooses, as he goes through life anu
chances to see a mechanic at WORK l0
is more or less interested in what lie
sees done, he has a kindly feeling lol
the workman for he remembers Ii"'
he has swung the hammer at the an
vil-and worked at the bench.
These schools are not expected ~
turn out finished farmers or mecIlahI0P
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